Joji
by The Anomoanon
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    70
    Driving music with an edge that you can get lost in.
  2. cokemachineglow
    69
    Traditional folk-rock outings that reek of Workingman’s Dead (1970) and the musk of Jerry Garcia’s beard.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    The Anomoanon spin small miracles of magic on Joji by merely using a 70s rock-radio framework as a springboard for deceptively modern and intricate synchronized guitar leads, vocal harmonies borrowed from the Flying Burrito Brothers, and a taut rhythm section lifted from On the Beach/Zuma-era Neil Young.
  5. Dusted Magazine
    70
    Oldham's music, while drawing on familiar influences ' Neil Young and the Grateful Dead are immediately apparent ' is diverse enough that it feels far fresher than a by-the-numbers retread.
  6. Junkmedia
    60
    Despite mining decades-old forms, The Anomoanon's honest rock is hard to dislike.
  7. Mojo
    70
    Joji draws dark arterial blood from backwoods bedrock, mining a country mile adjacent to My Morning Jacket's. [Jan 2005, p.105]
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  8. Paste Magazine
    80
    The very best kind of hot, front-porch music. [Apr/May 2005, p.134]
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  9. Pitchfork
    79
    Joji sounds like a record made by mountains.
  10. Splendid
    70
    The Anomoanon's vibe, despite their sometime sunniness, is more Led than Dead, but they bring it firmly into the twenty-first century.
  11. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    If you like Palace Music, Joji will most likely make your day.

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. ANGELOO22
    Nov 8, 2022
    6
    Sinto a existência de um enorme paradoxo em SMITHEREENS, terceiro álbum de estúdio de Joji, ao mesmo tempo que a produção revela um bomSinto a existência de um enorme paradoxo em SMITHEREENS, terceiro álbum de estúdio de Joji, ao mesmo tempo que a produção revela um bom trabalho, o álbum passa uma "vibe" de inacabado ou de algo que foi feito de forma desleixada.
    Mas é inegável uma coisa, é o Joji, na sua forma mais sóbria possível.
    Corais, os solos de piano, as letras, é uma boa representação do que é o cantor e compositor.
    No geral, é um album okay, uma boa produção, mas nada muito surpreendente.
    Se você gosta da discografia do cantor, certamente vai curtir SMITHEREENS, mas dificilmente irá se surpreender.
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  2. tobbez
    Jan 7, 2005
    9
    Nearly a ten. Best anomoanon record so far.....or
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